goes together like and BPM: “We Goes Together Like Peas and Carrots” In 2009, I attended two Gartner Summit events: the Gartner Business Process Management (BPM) Summit in March in San Diego ; and Gartner Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Summit in September in Scottsdale . I not only saw a number of same vendors at both events, but both events also had many similar themes, such as customer service , workflow automation , business processes , collaboration , customer retention , social media ,
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goes together like II: A Little Knowledge Goes a Long Way When we left Jim , it was 7 pm, Sunday night. Jim, director of IT at MegaResistCap, had received a message from his CIO. The company’s legal counsel wanted to know if their systems were able to support the company operating as a “deemed exporter.” ( See Part I of this series .) Jim knew he needed to work his magic and offer a solution or at least a direction to management—that’s why they paid him the big bucks. He put himself on a schedule for the evening:
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goes together like far beyond applications. It goes right into the technology stack or an enterprise infrastructure, which is a less visible software layer that lies beneath the applications. It provides databases to store information, and security and data protection to preserve it, and has tools to manage hardware such as servers and storage. The technology stack also includes application servers and other integration applications commonly named middleware, which allow these software products to communicate with each
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goes together like VP Security/Control at Linear goes on to say, Convenience is a major attraction of the smart home value proposition, and there's no more convenient way to activate scenes than by simply entering or exiting the garage, pressing the same easy button that we already do every day. We think that homeowners will love the convenience. In all, more than 250 international manufacturers and service providers comprise the Z-Wave Alliance membership. Z-Wave wireless control powers North American market leaders
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goes together like of things… …everything that goes into an enterprise software implementation can be considered a tool—aimed at providing an organization with a “solution” to some kind of problem. …everything that goes into the development of software can be considered a tool—aimed at creating a marketable product. So whether it’s C-level manager, a software selection project manager, or a technical professional who’s reading the white paper, it doesn’t really matter; tools are tools. At the end of the
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TARGITTARGIT was founded in 1986 with CEO Morten Sandlykke as one of the founding partners. Back then, we worked closely together with other large Danish software

goes together like TARGIT was founded in 1986 with CEO Morten Sandlykke as one of the founding partners. Back then, we worked closely together with other large Danish software companies like Navision and XAL, known today as MS Dynamics NAV and AX, and we still share the technologies and innovative business ideologies with these platforms. From the very beginning, we developed and sold Business Management Systems. While starting out as a software company providing applications to the retail and oil business, we quickly
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SynergyExact Synergy allows organizations to create and manage their business communities and processes by bringing together every individual, document, and

goes together like Exact Synergy allows organizations to create and manage their business communities and processes by bringing together every individual, document, and activity so that each decision and every action contributes to the flow of business. Synergy includes functionality for human capital management (HCM); knowledge management; portal management; and customer relationship management (CRM).
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PTC Flying High at Paris Air ShowAs you may know, the 50th Paris Air Show recently took place, bringing together industry players from across the globe to showcase the latest innovations and

goes together like Flying High at Paris Air Show As you may know, the 50th Paris Air Show recently took place, bringing together industry players from across the globe to showcase the latest innovations and advancements in aviation and aerospace technology. As a testament to its role in enabling this innovation, PTC has been named a leading provider of product lifecycle management (PLM) software for aerospace and defense (A&D) manufacturers, as defined by analyst firm CIMdata . With the growing demand for more
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Jaspersoft 4 Goes Big DataOn January 11, 2011, Jaspersoft launched a new version of its business intelligence (BI) suite named Jaspersoft 4, and just a couple of weeks later, on January

goes together like 4 Goes Big Data On January 11, 2011, Jaspersoft launched a new version of its business intelligence (BI) suite named Jaspersoft 4 , and just a couple of weeks later, on January 25, the open source BI provider launched a new set of software tools that provides support for a wider variety of data sources in the “Big Data” space . This is a clear sign that BI applications will come to address a wider number of data sources and expand the reach as well as the size of the information that BI
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goes together like and JDA Software Merger, Part One: What’s (Not) to Like? My blog series in 2009 entitled “ A Tale of a Few Good SCM Players ” talked at great length about RedPrairie Corporation, JDA Software , and Manhattan Associates , including their corporate history and acquisitions. The general feeling at the time was that hardly any of these three great supply chain management (SCM) software companies would remain independent in the long term. It took a few years for two of these companies to decide
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goes together like Systèmes Manufacturing Solution Goes Mobile Until recently, going mobile required a significant effort by IT departments because expanding access to complex manufacturing operations management (MOM) and manufacturing execution systems (MES) from mobile devices was costly, time-consuming, and a challenge for security. Dassault Systèmes has announced a mobile DELMIA Apriso offering that extends the reach of the Apriso product portfolio for global MOM beyond the desktop for workers and managers
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